Wednesday, July 14, 2010

My husband is the painter. These are our legs. Artist and Critic . . . husband and wife . . . what's the difference? : ) You can find this painting in Cooperstown, NY starting this Friday. Preview Party is Friday, July 16th from 5:00 to 7:00 if you are in the area. We'd love to meet you there!

Friday, June 18, 2010

I want to make myself a black cloche hat to go with my new black bathing suit. So, you know how it is . . . I HAD to go shopping. And then a few other hat ideas just came to me. (I don't think these picture do the fabrics justice, but . . . here they are anyway.)

Hope you enjoy them.

You'll be able to find these cloche hats completed in my NoonToTwo shop soon!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Isn't it just wonderful when everything ends up working out just the way you wanted it to.

I made a couple hats for my blogger friend Kerri in a week's time. In earlier posts you can see the materials I posted for her to choose from and the finished products. Her sister was coming for a visit and she wanted the hats by June 5th if possible. Well, we made it work!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

When I started blogging, I consistently followed a few people's blogs for various reasons. I stumbled upon Kerri's blog, CK Farm Happenings, because I was living in suburbia dreaming about the country at the time. She has a very fun farm life blog. I was able to live through her and here we are today . . . blogger friends.

Kerri has also purchased one of my cloche hats. Here is her hat. I really liked this fabric combination as well.

The other day Kerri emailed me asking me if I would make a special hat for her sister who's coming to visit soon. I was thrilled. Not only was it thrilling that someone is interested in my hat, but a RETURN CUSTOMER is interested in my hat! Cool, right?

So, off to the fabric store I ran! Here are some fabric samples I came up with.

Monday, May 24, 2010

I was contacted through Etsy a while back. The message said that she liked my flowers at JustSewIt.Etsy.Com. She was getting married this summer and was wondering if I would be willing to custom make flowers to match her bridesmaid's dresses.

It also said:

"In addition to liking your work, I am asking you because Canajoharie is special to me. Growing up, my family would drive up to Canajoharie from South Florida to visit my grandparents, who lived on Front Street overlooking the Beech Nut building and the thru-way. I haven't been back since 1987. Having a bit of art from Canajoharie featured at my wedding would be a nice way to give a little shout-out to my grandparents."

How cool is that?!

First of all, I was flattered by the compliment. But then to make a meaningful connection for someone's wedding! Etsy has been such a wonderful finding for me.

Here's a sneak peak to what the flower brooches looked like with her fabric swatches. When she sends me the wedding photos I'll blog in more detail on that. I can't wait to see it come together.

We emailed back and forth for quite some time. I emailed her to let her know that the flowers were in the mail. I titled it "bittersweet." I can't wait for her to get them and actually see them in person, but that also meant the end of our working together. She emailed me right back telling me we'll stay in contact.

(: Etsy Friends :)

To my surprise my new found friend then purchased one of my cloche hats. It was one of my personal favorites. I looove this color red. (Half my house is painted this color!)

Here she is in her new "honeymoon" hat!

Doesn't she look great in it?!?! I love it on her. I thought these hats would look great with long hair.

I only have my-short-hair-self as a model so I only get to see this ugly mug in my hats.

Anyway, I don't have to worry much about that, I asked her permission prior to posting her on here and she volunteered with enthusiasm. She also added this:

"My big wish is that you can have a billion-dollar hat making enterprise and that I can be your spokesmodel!"

About Me

Almost three years ago I opened my 1st Etsy shop, noontotwo.etsy.com. It served as an outlet for all my sewing and knitting and crocheting.
Since then I have focused this shop solely on my reversible cloche sun hats. I love to wear them and have found many agree.
I still have my love for yarn work which has led me to open my new etsy shop, handmadebyade.etsy.com.
In this shop you will find only my 100% wool felted slippers. These slippers are wonderful! Each pair is OOAK. I have also received amazing reviews on these.
I hope to give you a bit of the behind the scenes of my work and inspirations here on my blog. Follow along and feel free to leave me a comment.